Verb Tenses in English (Condensed)

This article is the condensed form of Verb Tenses in English.

Simple

Simple future: will create

• Maria will create a beautiful painting.

Simple present: creates

• Maria creates beautiful paintings.

Simple past: created

• Maria created a beautiful painting.

Perfect

Perfect future: will have created

• By the time Juan arrives, Maria will have created a beautiful painting.

Perfect present: have created

• Maria have created many beautiful paintings.

Perfect past: had created

• By the time Juan arrived, Maria had created a beautiful painting.

Progressive

Progressive future: will be creating

• Maria will be creating a beautiful painting next week.

Progressive present: is creating

• Maria is creating a beautiful painting.

Progressive past: was creating

• Maria was creating a beautiful painting, when Juan arrived from school.

Perfect Progressive

Perfect progressive future: will have been creating

• Before her 16th birthday, Maria will have been creating painting masterpieces.

Perfect progressive present: has been creating

• Maria has been creating paintings for a long time.

Perfect progressive past: had been creating

• Before Juan's arrival, Maria had been creating beautiful paintings.